Abstract: The concentration of omega-3 fatty acids and selenium (Se) is generally too low in the Western diet. But as the nutrient composition of pork meat and adipose tissue is influenced by the feed given to the animals, the product can be changed to support nutrient demands. Half (297/594) the pigs were given a feed concentrate based on low-glucosinolate rapeseed products (RS), while the ot…
Economic performance measures of organic and transitioning-to-organic cow–calf farms are compared with those of non-organic cow–calf farms. A method of matching samples is used for the comparison, estimating sample average treatment effects for the subpopulation of the treated. Each organic farm is matched with one non-organic farm that is involved in the same beef industry segments and far…
ABSTRACT: Many constructs have been tied to the customer experience in shopping malls, including hedonic shopping motivations, activities, excitement, and emotional and cognitive reactions. Yet the literature has not addressed the notion of the mall experience as a construct in and of itself. The current research aim is to conceptualize the mall experience through the development and validatio…
Abstract: A procedure is described for fabricating an immediate complete overdenture where several teeth retain an interim fixed partial denture (FPD) until the complete denture is finished. Nonessential posterior teeth were first extracted. An interim fixed restoration was fitted to five strategic teeth, and the four maxillary incisors were reduced to the gingival margin. The reduced teeth an…
ABSTRACT: Lemna spp. are the standard test species representing aquatic macrophytes in the current risk assessment schemes for herbicides and plant growth regulators in the European Union and North America. At a Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 2008 workshop on Aquatic Macrophyte Risk Assessment for Pesticides (AMRAP), a Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) working …
Abstract: Organic farming has been on an upward trend in recent years. However, the manures used like broiler litter have variable nutrient content, making it important to establish optimal application rate, for maximum crop yield and quality. Additionally, some states like Alabama restricts the amount of broiler litter to control excessive nutrients accumulation which can lead to surface and …
SUMMARY 1. This paper is an introduction to and overview of a special issue on groundwater ecology with a focus on biodiversity assessment and conservation. The subterranean environment harbours unique biological communities of remarkable diversity, comprisingboth microorganisms and micro-, meio- and macrofauna. This biodiversity of ground waters remains poorly known compared to that of freshw…
SUMMARY: 1. This paper is a synthesis of a special issue on groundwater biodiversity with a focus on obligate subterranean species, the stygobionts. The series of papers constitutes a great leap forward in assessing and understanding biodiversity patterns because of the use of large quantitative data sets obtained over a broad geographic scale. They also represent a conceptual shift, away fro…
Abstract: Aim: To evaluate differences in uteroplacental blood flow and pregnancy outcome in women with idiopathic recurrent spontaneous miscarriage (IRSM) following administration of micronized vaginal progesterone and oral dydrogesterone. Methods: One hundred and thirty-three women (aged 23–40 years) who had had early miscarriages and spontaneous conception participated. Oral dydrogester…
Abstract Aim: To determine whether maternal serum placental growth factor (PlGF) estimation in early second trimester (20–22 weeks of gestation) can predict the occurrence of early onset preeclampsia and/or early onset intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Material and Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted on 722 women with singleton pregnancies, screened from the antenatal cl…
Abstract: Performance-based management is pervasive in public organizations; countless governments have implemented performance management systems with the hope that they will improve organizational eff ectiveness. However, there has been little comprehensive review of their impact. This article conducts a meta-analysis on the impact of performance management on performance in public organizati…
Abstract: The promotion and consumption of indigenous vegetables could help to mitigate food insecurity and alleviate malnutrition in developing countries. Nutrient and antinutrient compositions of eight accessions of Okra Pods were investigated. Molar ratios and mineral bioavailability of Okra pod accessions were also calculated and compared to the critical values to predict the implications …
BACKGROUND:Baseline researchonthe toughness of Egyptian goosemeat is required.This study therefore investigates thepost mortempH and temperature decline (15 min–4 h 15 min post mortem) in the pectoralis muscle (breast portion) of this gamebird species. It also explores the enzyme activity of the Ca2+-dependent protease (calpain system) and the lysosomal cathepsins during the rigor mortis period
ABSTRACT: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has a high mortality rate. Most medicines used to treat it are poorly tested and have terrible side effects. Activists have campaigned for patients with drug-resistant TB to have access to experimental drugs, particularly one called bedaquiline, before these have been approved by regulatory authorities such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in…
Abstract: Faba beans (Vicia faba L.) represent an essential source of food protein for many people in Sudan,especially those who cannot afford to buy animal meat. The demand for faba bean seeds is greatly increased in recent years, and consequently its production area was extended southward where the climate is marginally suitable. Therefore, this study was aimed to evaluate seed yield and nu…
Abstract: Food science and technology education has been running since four decades in Nepal. There is a very slow improvement in the profession. The job opportunities have always been threatened by insiders and outsiders. Academic institutions, government agencies, and food industries themselves are responsible for the quality of food science professionals. Novel and practical methods of teac…
Abstract “Bomboyson” is a traditional heat desiccated dairy product of eastern Nepal, prepared using khoa, sugar, and ghee, and has a great commercial potential. This study was carried out to standardize the product and study its nutritive value and storage life for the organized production. The formulation was based on survey and the best product was selected using 9-point hedonic rating …
Abstract The physical, biochemical,and immunological characteristics of plant allergens have been widely studied, but no definite conclusion has been reached about what actually makes a protein an allergen. In this sense, N-glycosylation is an exclusive characteristic of plant allergens not present in mammals and it could be implied in allergenic sensitization. With this aim,we evaluated and c…
Seveso plants are complex sociotechnical systems, which makes it appropriate to support any risk assessment with a model of the system. However, more often than not, this step is only partially addressed, simplified, or avoided in safety reports. At the same time, investigations have shown that the complexity of industrial systems is frequently a factor in accidents, due to interactions between…
The aim of this research was to know the influences of 7P marketing mix variables, which consists of product, price, promotion,place, people, physical evidence and process on purchasing decision of consumers in determining appropriate marketing strategy of Malang apples at Giant MOG. The result analysis showed that the most influential marketing mix variable was price with the odd pricing as th…
Few studies have been performed to use the detailed healthy eating index (HEI) to estimate consumer demand for diet quality. In this article, we apply household production theory to systematically estimate consumer demand for diet quality using the HEI developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The results show that consumers have insufficient consumption of food containing dark green and…
Sword beans (Canavalia gladiata) have been used as grain legumes and medicinal plants in China for thousands of years. To explore new natural antioxidant sources, the antioxidant capacity and phenolic composition in the soluble and bound fractions of three sword bean genotypes were evaluated in vitro. The red and black sword beans were found to have antioxidant capacity compared to the white sw…
Mutants defective in chloroplast development or photosynthesis are liable to accumulate higher levels of anthocyanin in photo‐oxidative stress. However, regulatory mechanisms of anthocyanin biosynthesis in the mutants remain unclear. Here, we investigated the mechanism by which the deletion of thylakoid formation1 (THF1) leads to an increased level of anthocyanin in Arabidopsis thaliana L. Ph…
SUMMARY: 1. With few exceptions, copepods dominate over other crustacean and non-crustacean invertebrate groups in ground water. They have colonised a vast array of habitats in continental ground waters, where they are represented by over 1000 species in six orders: Platycopioida, Misophrioida, Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Gelyelloida. However, members of only the last four orders ent…
Schizophrenia research is providing an increasing number of studies and important insights into the condition’s etiopathogenesis based on genetic, neuropsychological and cranial neuroimaging studies. However, research progress has not yet led to the incorporation of such findings into the revised classification criteria of mental disorders or everyday clinical practice. By 2020, schizophreni…
Biosafety professionals have ever-expanding roles at their institutions. In this Beyond Traditional Biosafety column, we focus on topics that may fall outside the scope of the traditional biosafety role, but where the expertise of the biosafety professional may be called upon to provide a valuable contribution to his or her institution
Abstract: Because the origins of the biological safety profession are rooted in the control and prevention of laboratory-associated infections, the vocation focuses primarily on the safe handling of specimens within the laboratory. But in many cases, the Specimens and samples handled in the lab are originally collected in the field where a broader set of possible exposure considerations may be…
Abstract: Biocontainment doors are a key part of high-containment shells and an integral part of a complex system. Designing a facility for these doors, as well as their installation and commissioning, is a challenging task. This article reviews biosafety regulations and standards to decipher when and where biocontainment doors are required within a high-containment facility. It then illustrat…
Abstract: Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) is on the national select agent registry and can be an extremely potent biotoxin if weaponized. It blocks neuromuscular transmission by decreasing acetylcholine release. This may be a serious problem if expensive reusable medical devices such as ventilators or anesthesia machines are accidentally or deliberately contaminated. Since transfer of BoNT/A f…
Abstract: The vaccinia virus vaccine was effectively used during the 19th and 20th centuries to eradicate smallpox. Over the last decade, vaccinia virus and derived recombinant vectors have been increasingly used in biomedical research, in preclinical animal studies, as well as in clinical trials. While laboratories engineer and test orthopoxvirus vaccine vectors against infectious diseases an…
Abstract: The recent report of improperly stored smallpox samples in freezers within laboratories from another agency on the campus of the National Institutes of Health and several other publicized issues involving highly pathogenic or regulated materials have prompted laboratories around the country to ask questions about what they might have in storage. This article describes a series of p…
Abstract: This article provides an outline of the federal government’s occupational health and personnel suitability guidance to work with certain highly infectious and dangerous pathogens. It also includes the results of a survey conducted by Arizona State University regarding the individual requirements to work with these materials. Research shows that a limited number of tools are availab…
Abstract: In-life imaging of animals challenged experimentally with infectious agents greatly enhances the quality of data gained from a pathogenesis or efficacy study. This additional information also presents an opportunity to address ethical issues by refining the studies and reducing the number of animals used. Both magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) imaging modalities ar…
Abstract: Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are regulated in the European Union (EU) through directives, which governments of Member States must implement, to provide assurance that any GMO work undertaken is done so safely. In this article the work of a European network of GMO inspectors founded in 1997, the European Enforcement Project (EEP) on Genetically Modified Organisms, is explaine…
Abstract: The goal of this project is to identify and characterize the types of incidents, accidents, exposures, and subsequent infections involving recombinant DNA materials that have occurred since the inception of biotechnology and oversight by NIH from June 1976 through December 31, 2010, a period spanning approximately 35 years of recombinant DNA research. A total of 197 records were iden…
Biosafety Tips brings you practical approaches to biosafety or “news you can use.” If you are looking for a useful and sensible solution to a biocontainment problem orperhaps a reference to help convince a skeptical researcher about the need for caution, this is the place to look. In this column I share some biosafety insights for managing a variety of workplace situations. I welcome feedb…
Abstract: Biocontainment doors are a key part of high-containment shells and an integral part of a complex system. Designing a facility for these doors, as well as their installation and commissioning, is a challenging task. This article reviews biosafety regulations and standards to decipher when and where biocontainment doors are required within a high-containment facility. It then illustra…
Abstract: Laboratory-acquired infections due to nontyphoidal Salmonella are rare. Yet, recent outbreaks in microbiology teaching laboratories show that these species are still an appreciable occupational hazard for laboratory employees. This article presents two cases of nontyphoidal Salmonella that occurred at the authors’ institution—an infected patient and a clinical laboratory worker w…
Abstract: The Soviet Union had a unique system to control plague (causative agent, Yersinia pestis) and other “especially dangerous diseases.” This system continues to exist in many of the countries of the former Soviet Union, although with more limited funding. One of the key activities of the antiplague system is to look for the causative agent of plague in its natural reservoirs in the …
Abstract: Incident reporting is an important component of any biosafety program. Effective analysis of incident report data can be used to evaluate compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the safety of different procedures and laboratorians, with the overall goal of preventing future incidents. This study analyzed incident reports from a BSL-3 select agent facility over a 3-y…
Abstract: This article discusses one of Japan’s newest research facilities—the RIKEN Brain Science Institute. The Brain Science Institute (BSI) conducts research that integrates multiple disciplines including medicine, biology, psychology, physics, computer science, and technology, and utilizes several different rodent models in a clean barrier facility. This article discusses the specific…
Abstract: Recombinant vaccinia viruses are popular tools for the delivery of heterologous genes for vaccination purposes. Vaccinia viruses are generally classified as risk group 2 biological agents (in accordance to directive 2000/54/EC), with the attenuated strain Modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) being classified into risk group 1. For the analytical surveillance of genetic engineering op…
Abstract: Entities planning to conduct work in the United States with biological select agents and toxins (BSAT) must be registered with either the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Information pertaining to registration is described in a Guidance Document for Complet…
Abstract: The 2014 West African Ebola outbreak has spawned a chain of preparedness planning in the United States (U.S.). Although clinical and public health laboratories are hard at work preparing for the presentation of highly suspect patients, a number of issues have been identified that need to be addressed. Guidelines have been developed and distributed; procedures need to be revised and t…
Abstract: The need for nanomaterials biosafety and risk assessment is an offshoot of the widespread use of nanoscale particle (NP)-derived materials in over 300 nanotechnology-based products already in commerce, including over 70 healthcarerelatedproducts (WWICS, 2006). Rapid advances in material sciences research and the advent of new and highly sophisticated nanofabrication technologies have…
Abstract: Laboratory containment systems are designed to removen potentially infectious aerosolized particles from the worker’s environment. However, little evidence on the quantities of aerosol generated during common microbiological practices exists. This study’s objective was to measure aerosol and splash contamination during the microbiology techniques of serial dilution and pipettin…
Abstract: Filtering facepiece respirators should protect people in healthcare settings and in research and diagnostic laboratories from infection from biological agents or from other hazardous particles. To ensure sufficient personal protection, a properly fitting respirator is imperative. However, data about the usefulness of testing the proper fit of such respirators conflict. Some data fro…
Abstract: Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) and Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) facility lab personnel routinely perform procedures that are capable of producing respirable aerosols. While these procedures are considered safe when performed in the closed environment of a biosafety cabinet (BSC), there are, nevertheless, limited data regarding the nature of the aerosols these procedures produce. This lack …
Abstract: Historically in the United States, occupational health and medical surveillance programs for biodefense laboratories that work with Biological Select Agents and Toxins (BSAT) or other infectious organisms are sponsored by the federal government (DoD, HHS, USDA, etc.) or state universities (Jahrling et al., 2009; Kortepeter et al., 2008; Risi et al., 2010). These programs are operated…
Conclusions: We do not yet know whether the “Seek and Kill” E. coli system will demonstrate effective and safe pathogen cell killing in in vivo situations, for other pathogens, or as a broad spectrum antimicrobial, but the well-designed Hwang et al. study provides enough positive results to make their approach a promising avenue to pursue.